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Playlist: Structured default for Greece, lower household incomes

Chau Tu Oct 10, 2011

Posted by Chau Tu

For Marketplace, Monday, October 10, 2011

France and Germany announced a plan on letting Greece go through a structured default. The median household income in the U.S. has dropped. We heard how how small towns manage to cope with the loss of a major local company. Attitudes about the environment are changing. Commentator Justin Wolfers gave his thoughts on the merits of student loan forgiveness. Two Americans were rewarded the Nobel Prize for economics. Netflix announced the end of Qwikster, even before it launched. And we heard about the latest on Occupy Wall Street. Here are the songs we played:

  • Myriad Harbor – New PornographersBuy
  • Blue Night – DJ/rupture
  • When You Love Somebody – The Parson Red HeadsBuy
  • Mercury – The One AM RadioBuy
  • Something Came Over Me – Wild FlagBuy

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